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sop

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5. Manufacturers also have a duty to protect.

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 10:10 AM

Oct 5

Duty to protect is a manufacturer's responsibility to design and market safe products, which may include implementing safety features in addition to or in lieu of warnings. Duty to warn focuses on informing users of risks, duty to protect encompasses the entire process of ensuring the product itself is safe.

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Tesla Tells Texas Court It Has No Duty to Warn Owners of Defects [View all] Mr. Sparkle Oct 5 OP

OMG they should warn their customers. But rich people just don't care TommieMommy Oct 5 #1

Quite the sales pitch. Swede Oct 5 #2

Buy at your own risk, Baitball Blogger Oct 5 #6

Their next models will be called Corvair & Pinto. Soon to be listed in 'Death Traps On Wheels.' TheBlackAdder Oct 5 #7

Is the boss of Tesla anyhow connected to the Republican Party? BOSSHOG Oct 5 #3

Musk is an awful person Johonny Oct 5 #4

Manufacturers also have a duty to protect. sop Oct 5 #5